Chapter 826 Two Schemes for Patent Fees
George originally didn't care about Niu Xiaoqiang at all, but when he heard about the name of MIT, his face showed a look of surprise, and his attitude was obviously much more enthusiastic, and he hurriedly shook hands with Niu Xiaoqiang and said hello: "Hello, hello, the technician of the hunter company is actually a student of MIT, which shows that your company's scientific research strength is absolutely extraordinary." β
Niu Xiaoqiang smiled: "In addition to me, there are many students from MIT in the hunter company, and when it comes to technical strength, our company is still very confident." β
This sounds a bit conceited, but it's not entirely conceited, and if there are really a lot of MIT students who have joined Hunter, then the company's technical prowess is really not to be underestimated.
Of course, this is just the thinking of people who don't know the inside story, and it is not actually true. It is true that the hunter company is about to recruit many international students from MIT, but these people are telemarketers and will not participate in technology research and development.
Karina knew this very well, she didn't expect Niu Xiaoqiang to lie to her face, and she almost didn't laugh out loud.
When George heard that the Hunter Company actually had a team of employees from MIT, he couldn't help but think more highly of the company's strength and his attitude was more enthusiastic.
The three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while before walking out of the airport hall.
On the way back to the company, Karina was in charge of driving, and Niu Xiaoqiang and George sat in the back seat, discussing the technical problems of the oil extractor.
Along the way, Niu Xiaoqiang's performance is more in line with his identity as a technician, many professional terms come out of his mouth, no matter what kind of questions George asks, he answers them fluently, even if it is a very in-depth problem, Niu Xiaoqiang can easily solve it, which makes George deeply admired.
After arriving at Boston Tower, George had already regarded Niu Xiaoqiang as a technical master, and raised all the problems that had nothing to do with the oil extractor.
Niu Xiaoqiang relied on his rich knowledge reserves and excellent minds, and still answered fluently, and when the three of them entered the elevator, George couldn't help but have the intention of soliciting: "Mr. Niu, I don't know if you are interested in joining Texas Machinery? As long as you nod, I can provide you with a senior engineer position at any time, and the salary is 20 percent higher than your current salary." β
Kailina couldn't help but glance at Niu Xiaoqiang, and said in her heart: No matter who someone like Niu Xiaoqiang is, he will rush to recruit, no way, he is indeed too powerful, it's like an encyclopedia, he knows everything.
Niu Xiaoqiang smiled apologetically: "I still have to go to school now, and it is impossible to join Texas Machinery for the time being, of course, if I have the opportunity in the future, I will seriously consider it." β
George nodded and handed Niu Xiaoqiang a business card: "What I just said is valid for a long time, as long as I stay in Texas Machinery for one day, the company's door will always be open to you." β
Niu Xiaoqiang thanked him and put George's business card in his pocket.
After entering the office, Niu Xiaoqiang made coffee for the two of them, and he drank boiled water himself.
Karina had prepared a pre-production authorization letter yesterday afternoon, but it was only a draft and had not yet been officially printed, and some details would need to be confirmed after an interview with George.
Karina handed the draft to George: "Mr. George, this is the pre-production authorization letter I have drawn up in advance, you can take a look at it first, and if there are any questions, please bring it up directly." β
George agreed, carefully read the relevant terms, and nodded: "There is nothing wrong with the power of attorney, just follow this." β
Karina smiled and took the authorization form to print, and George looked at the empty desk outside with some suspicion: "President Karina, where are the rest of your company? Why are you and Mr. Niu the only two people working?"
Niu Xiaoqiang replied first: "The company gave the employees annual leave, and they teamed up to go to Hawaii for a vacation." β
George sighed, "I see, I almost thought there were only two of you in the hunter company." β
Niu Xiaoqiang laughed and said, "How is this possible." β
Karina was quick and quickly printed the power of attorney and made two copies.
After the two parties signed and confirmed, George took the initiative to inquire about the patent fee of the double donkey head oil extractor: "Miss Karina, if it turns out that the performance of the double donkey head oil extractor is really superior, if Texas Machinery wants to get the patent granted, I don't know how much it needs to pay?"
The issue of patent fees Niu Xiaoqiang and Kailina had already discussed it last night, and Kailina immediately replied: " Hunter company for patent fees to provide two sets of programs, the first is the annual program, as long as a certain amount of patent royalties are paid, Texas Machinery can be in full power within a year to produce double donkey head oil extractor, there is no quantitative limit, the second is according to the number of production to pay patent fee program, each production of a double donkey head oil extractor, you need to pay a patent fee, these two programs have a common prerequisite, that is, Texas Machinery production of double donkey head oil extractor can only be provided to your parent company for use, not for external salesγ β
George asked, "How do these two plans cost?"
"The first option requires an annual payment of $3 million, and the second option requires a royalty of $4,000 per unit. β
George quickly calculated the price, if the annual plan is adopted, at least 1,000 oil production units must be produced every year to roughly recoup the ticket price, which is very high for production capacity.
Of course, the benefits of this program are obvious, as long as the production is at full capacity, the more production the more cost-effective, if you can produce 2,000 oil extractors a year, the patent fee for each unit is only 1,500 US dollars.
If it is the second option, the patent fee is obviously a little high, the advantage is that there is no need to spend money to expand the production line of the oil production machine, and the labor wages do not need to be increased, and the money saved is apportioned to the patent fee, which is equivalent to only about 2,000 US dollars per unit.
George thought about it very seriously for a while, and then spoke: "Miss Karina, the cost of these two plans is a bit high, if I give the company's senior management an offer according to what you said, it is estimated that they will have opinions, I wonder if you can reduce the price appropriately?"
Karina was prepared, she smiled and shook her head: "Mr. George, the price we proposed is definitely not high, the reason why we say this is because the double donkey head oil extractor is worth this price, this kind of oil extractor can not only greatly reduce energy consumption, but also greatly increase oil production, so one in and one out, can bring a lot of profits to your parent company." β